There are a handful of samples kicking around, none of which the final version, but the characteristics listed above are common to all, (s)he said.

Of course, it's clear that Foxconn has not yet told its Chinese factories to begin manufacturing the phone, so it's impossible to use this snippet to forecast an iPhone 5 release date.

It's suggested that the Foxconn mole's whisper points to a June/July launch and release, but given the huge success of the iPhone 4S after its October launch, Apple may reasonably tempted to milk this one for more than six months.

We don't think the iPhone 5 will be out until a year on from the 4S' launch.

And if Apple has that much lead time, who can say how the design and specs are going to change over the next six months? ®